COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEUROLINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 3008 NEUROLINGUISTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BURCU ILKAY KARAMAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to identify and examine the subjects such as, the concept of neurlinguistics and its area of study, the psychological and neurological features of language and speech progress, the interrelation between the language and the mind, the relation between language and the brain, the localisation of language in the brain, the localization of mother and second language in the brain and the problems of language arising from brain damages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the area of neurolinguistics,
2   Explain the localisation of language in the brain,
3   Identify language disorders caused by brain damage
4   Distinguish different aphasia types,
5   Identify and define communication problems in schizophrenia
6   Identify and define communication problems in dementia.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Neurolinguistics History of Neurolinguistics Research Topics in Neurolinguistics
2 Language, Speech and Communication
3 Brain Regions and their Functions
4 Brain Screening Techniques
5 The Reading and Writing Brain
6 The Bilingual Brain
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Malapropism and Dysphemia
9 Aphasia, Apraxia, Dyspraxia, Dysarthria
10 Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia
11 Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
12 Schizophrenia
13 Autism

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ahlsén, E. (2006). Introduction to Neurolinguistics. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
2. Ingram, John C. L. (2007) Neurolinguistics: An Introduction to Spoken Language Processing and its Disorders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Stemmer, B. & Whitaker, H. A. (1998). Handbook of Neurolinguistics. San Diego & London: Academic Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Power point presentations
2. Case Studies
3. Screening techniques
4. Diagnostics through screening images
5. Videos

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Mid-term exam 40%
2. Final exam 60%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.karaman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.255
LO.3545
LO.455
LO.555
LO.6555